GeneDx

GeneDx is genetic testing company that was founded in 2000 by two scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Sherri Bale and John Compton. They started the company to provide clinical diagnostic services for patients and families with rare and ultra-rare disorders for which no such commercial testing was available at the time. The company started in the Technology Development Center, a biotech incubator supported by the State of Maryland and Montgomery County, MD. In 2006, BioReference Laboratories acquired GeneDx. Since then, GeneDx has operated as a subsidiary of this parent company under the leadership of Bale (retired in 2016) and Compton (retired in 2013). In October 2016, Benjamin D. Solomon was appointed as Managing Director.